After hearing some stories about big guys (250 LBS and / or more ) standing on the edge of Tacoma tailgates and bending them, I decided to do something about my 05 tailgate before hauling my Honda VFR. That bike comes in at about 500 pounds and I didn't want to chance what may happen when rolling up onto the bed.

IM GETTING READY TO HAUL MY HARLEY NEXT WEEK, 600LBS, SCARED TO USE THE TIE DOWN CLIPS, HAVE THE EXTRA D RINGS BUT CAN ANYBODY POST UP HOW THEY TIE IT DOWN.

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Don't worry, if you lose the Harley on the highway it will be the perfect excuse to buy a real bike!... Riding that noisy thing must be why you're yelling, lost your hearing?... Just kidding...

Have you installed the extra D-rings on the bed? Four of those should give you enough anchoring strength, get four cam straps with hooks and you should be set. Add a bed extender on the tailgate and you'd be good to go!

If you have enough D-rings in the bed, and get some good ratchet straps with rubberized hooks, you should be ok. Hardest thing, in my experience is to get the bike up to the bed! Make sure you get some help to get it up and down the ramp, don't want it to get away from you, or worse fall on you!

That pic is a few years old, when the springs were a little more "springy". Here is one from this summer hauling the bike (420 lbs) and a heavy bag with stand (100+ pounds) back from Wyoming. Also I have Eibach 1.6 springs in the front in this pic so now it sits a little nose high)